Lunch Stop
I found a great place to stop for lunch, right on the cliff top, with a view of the Old Man of Storr and along the coast.
I made fresh coffee and had some perfect ring doughnuts that I bought in Portree this morning.
coffee
Scotland – Loch Lomond
The first photo of my Scotland trip.
There is a view point at Firkin Point where I could park, for a break and to make some coffee.
On the other bank of the loch I could see the West Highland Way footpath that Richard and I walked a few years back.
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Backpacking Food – Old Man of Coniston
Lightweight Backpacking Food
Jeremy and I are planning to join some friends to wild camp in the Lake District this weekend. This is lightweight backpacking food for an overnight trip, going up at lunch time on Saturday and getting back to the car at about midday on Sunday. It is a 24 hour summer hike, in hopefully good weather and the menu reflects this.
Saturday
Lunch – at Low Water Lake on the way up
Pasty (not shown as I will buy it in Coniston, before setting off)
Tea
Evening Meal
Tomato and Basil Soup
Mackerel in teriyaki sauce
3x crackers
2x Chinese puddings
Mint chocolate
Fresh coffee
Single Malt Whisky
Supper
2in1 coffee
Jaffa Cakes
Single Malt Whisky
Sunday
Early morning tea and Jaffa Cakes – whilst still in my sleeping bag
Breakfast
Breakfast biscuits – with marmalade
Dried fruit
Cereal bar
Fresh coffee
We are planning to stop and brew tea on the walk down
Snacks
Italian seeds
Dried cranberries – (not shown) – Jeremy and I are going to split a bag between us before we set off
Ginger oat cakes
Mints and boiled sweets
Glucose tablets
2x cereal bars (not shown) – these will go in my walking jacket pocket
Drinks
Tea bags
Instant coffee
30ml dried milk
2in1 coffee
Fruit tea
50ml instant peach tea granules – dissolves in both hot and cold water
Extras
Salt and pepper
BBQ sauce (Jeremy is taking smoked sausage and he has promised me some of it)
3x Sugar (for energy if I need it, I do not usually take sugar in my drinks)
2x KFC hand wipes
3x tissues
Plastic bags to pack out the rubbish
the food packed ready for the hike.
Extra Food
Here is the extras I carried up, photographed at lunch time. The cranberries are in the plastic bag.
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Walking
Following a Father’s Day breakfast of egg, bacon, toast and fresh coffee, prepared for me by Jeremy, I had a couple of hours walking across the fields.
Backpacking to Woodhall Spa – Photographs
Here are some of the photographs from my weekend walk to Woodhall Spa.
Overnight Backpacking Trip to Woodhall Spa
I have some new gear for this trip, a smaller (lighter) sleeping bag and sleeping mat which means my 50l Golite Jam backpack is now not full when I pack it for just an overnight walk. See my current overnight backpacking kit list here.
some of my route was along the Viking Way
sunset at Woodhall Spa Campsite
The weather forecast was showing a freezing night – and it was.
frost covered tent
The cold weather gave a great sunrise and it did not last long – it was getting warmer by the time I had my second coffee of the morning. The new down sleeping bag kept me warmer than the one I was using last year and the Alpkit mat is very comfortable.
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Backpacking food for a weekend
Although my plans for this weekend have been changed by the weather – I had already packed my backpacking food for the trip.
The original plan was to have lunch in Coniston and then walk up the Old Man of Coniston and find somewhere to camp out for the night. We would be back in Coniston for lunch on Sunday.
Backpacking Food
This menu is for a short weekend and suits my appetite – you should consider your food needs and the terrain you are travelling through when planning your menus.
Trail snacks
Food for during the day. We were planning to stop and make a hot drink on the way up at Low Water.
- Dried cranberries
- High cocoa chocolate
- Boiled sweets
- 2 in 1 coffee sachet
Evening meal
It takes just over a litre of water to make up all the components of the backpacking food in the evening meal.
- Cup a soup with crackers
- Tin of tuna with tomato sauce and crackers (if I was hungry I can eat these on the trail)
- Mug noodles with spiced seed sprinkles
- Chinese hot sesame dessert
- Cappuccino
Breakfast
Tea and biscuits in bed first.
- Breakfast biscuits and jam
- Crackers and marmalade
- Dried fruit
- Fresh ground coffee (this is not shown in the photo – I carry it in a small Nalgene pot)
Extras
- Black coffee sachet
- Hot chocolate sachet
- Sugar packets
- Chrysanthemum honey tea – can be drunk hot or cold
- Packet of tissue, hand wipe and rubbish bag
- Backpacking brew kit – tea for the weekend
backpacking food packed – the brew kit is not in this bag – the cranberries go in my pocket
Water
I was planning to carry my Travel Tap bottle and a 1l roll up Platypus bottle. At the start of the walk I would have about 300ml in the Platypus – and the plan was to fill all my bottles using the Travel Tap at Low Water before continuing up to the summit. This should be enough water for the wild camp. On the way down I would collect some more water if required.
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Cambridge Services
It is a late night photo today – I was working in Lincoln this morning but had business in Grays this evening. So I drove down this afternoon and I am on my way back home tonight and I had not taken today’s picture. So this was grabbed during a quick stop for a coffee.
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